Wells Fargo Is Eyeing a Piece of the $1.4 Trillion Student-Debt Pie

The bank has identified students as a fast-growing market to tap as it navigates a punitive growth ban.

By Hannah Levitt | August 13, 2018 at 08:46 AM

Wells Fargo & Co. is considering whether to jump-start its shrinking student-lending business by catering to borrowers holding U.S. government loans.

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